Bikmirza Turdil (R) takes part in a targeted training on the Muztagh Ata in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 16, 2021. Bikmirza, a 24-year-old Kirghiz herdsman, was born and raised at the foot of the Muztagh Ata, a peak with an elevation of more than 7,500 meters, in the Pamirs of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
URUMQI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Before the crack of dawn each day, Ayimurat Dawuletbek can be seen on the lakeside of a national wetland park in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He moors his boat between reed marshes and sets up a monocular telescope and a camouflaged digital SLR camera.